 Kessler at the 2024 World Indoor Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 15, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Skyline High School | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, Mile | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Adidas Very Nice Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hobbs Kessler (born March 15, 2003) is an American middle-distance runner.[1] He competes professionally for Adidas, having turned professional directly after high school. He holds the North American U20 record in the 1500 meters, having run 3:34.36 in 2021 during his senior year in high school. He briefly held the world record in the road mile set at the 2023 World Road Running Championships until it was broken by Emmanuel Wanyonyi on April 27, 2024.
At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, he secured a bronze medal in the 1500 m. In June 2024, he made the United States Olympic Team, having finished third in the 1500m and second in the 800m at the 2024 United States Olympic Trials. He is the first American male athlete to qualify for the Olympic 1500m and 800m double since 1976. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he finished fifth in the 1500 meter final.